Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) chief executive Alistair Nicholson (L) speaks as Australian cricket player Shane Watson (R) liatens during a press conference in Sydney on July 2, 2017.
Players will boycott an Australia A tour of South Africa this month unless a new pay deal is agreed by Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers' Association said.  The players' union held an emergency meeting in Sydney where they decided to take action for the tour beginning on July 12 unless a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed.
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